Teaching Workshop

The aim of the workshop is to provide the necessary methodological, interpretative, bibliographical and archival tools for research into contemporary organised crime.

It is assumed that at the end of the workshop the student will be able to distinguish and analyse the main types of sources about organized crime, to effectively orient himself in the plurality of representations of the Mafia phenomenon, to master the conceptual, archival, bibliographical and linguistic tools suitable to express a research autonomously conducted in written form. It is expected that these skills will arise from the direct and systematic confrontation with the teacher in the classroom; that the concerted discussion of the sources, historiography and public debate on the Mafia represents the core of the laboratory and that it will allow to acquire a critical and scientifically oriented view on topics of great public relevance and nevertheless very exposed to sensationalistically oriented discussions. Particularly important in this context is the student's individual commitment in re-elaborating the topics examined and subsequently in illustrating them in collegial discussion. Students who are not attending may make use of materials made available by the teacher on Ariel, as well as agreeing readings with by e-mail or during the office hours.